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MODERN ENTRY POINTS
WORD DOSSIERS
nounhistorical form
hospice
A program or facility for palliative care, historically a lodging or shelter for travelers, the poor, or the infirm.
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hospital
A medical institution whose name first referred to guest accommodation and charitable lodging, through Medieval Latin hospitāle.
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hospitality
The reception and care of guests, inherited through French from the Latin reciprocal host-and-guest family.
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host
A person who receives guests, borrowed through Anglo-French from Latin hospes, a word that could name either side of a reciprocal hospitality relationship.
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hostel
A lodging place, especially an inexpensive dormitory-style accommodation, continuing the older hospitality branch shared with hospital and hotel.
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hotel
A public lodging establishment, borrowed from French hôtel through Old French hostel and ultimately the Latin hospitality family.
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husband
A married man in relation to a spouse; borrowed from a Norse compound whose earlier center was householder or master of a house.
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lord
A ruler, master, or titled man; historically the worn-down descendant of an Old English compound joining loaf with guardian.
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rēx
The Latin third-declension noun for a king, ruler, chief, or leader, cited as rēx, rēgis and built on the bound stem rēg-.
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ATTESTED / RECONSTRUCTED / BOUNDARY
HISTORICAL FORMS
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Proto-Indo-European / Indo-European
*ghos-pot-
guest-master; person embodying a reciprocal hospitality relationship
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- Proto-Indo-European prehistory
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Proto-Indo-European / Indo-European
*pot-
master; one in control
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- Proto-Indo-European prehistory
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Old English / Indo-European
hlāford
lord; master; loaf guardian
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- Old English
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Old English / Indo-European
hūsbōnda
master of a house; householder
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- Old English
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Old Norse / Indo-European
hūsbōndi
householder; master of a house
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- Old Norse
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Present-Day English / Indo-European
lord
ruler; master; titled man
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- before the 12th century–today
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Middle English / Indo-European
loverd
lord; master
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- Middle English
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- 1
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CLAIMS & DISPUTES
SCHOLARLY DISPUTES / 3
openprobableposition text
Is hospes securely reduced from *ghos-pot-?
The guest-master compound is a strong published analysis, but the amount of phonetic reduction has led scholars to question its exact form.
openprobableposition text
Is hospes securely reduced from *ghos-pot-?
The guest-master compound is a strong published analysis, but the amount of phonetic reduction has led some scholars to question its exact form.
resolvedestablishedposition text
Did husband originally mean only a married man?
No. The earlier center was householder or master of a house; household and spouse senses overlapped before the modern specialization.
CONTRARIAN TRUTHS / 1
RANK 118GRADE Aranked reveal
Lord began as the loaf guardian.
Old English hlāford combines hlāf, loaf, with weard, guardian; title and mastery grew from a household compound.
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BOOKS / DICTIONARIES / ARTICLES / DATABASES
SOURCES
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FIRST USES & HISTORICAL OBJECTS
ATTESTATION WITNESSES
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